Specific subset of social relations uniting women and men as social groups in a particular community, including how power – and access to/control over resources – is distributed between the sexes.
… as well as on public authority. It includes a section on gender. The RIA integrates 21 subjects among which four are … screens the small and medium enterprise dimension; The gender test, which assesses the impact of regulation proposals on women and men. Therefore, the gender impact assessment is embedded within a more general …
… weaknesses Model There is no legal obligation to conduct gender impact assessments in Finland. Yet, the Act on … Equality between Women and Men (1986/609) includes a broad gender mainstreaming obligation for public officials, which has been interpreted as the legal basis for gender impact assessment implementation by the central gender …
… Actors involved Guidelines Strenghts and weaknesses Model Gender impact assessment is a relatively common instrument to support gender-mainstreaming implementation in Sweden. It appears to … to the national level. At the level of government offices, gender impact assessments are most regularly performed when …
… Actors involved Guidelines Strenghts and weaknesses Model Gender impact assessment is legislated in Catalonia and the law requires that a gender perspective must be included in every law approved by … projects of ordinances and decrees shall incorporate a gender impact assessment of the measures included in the …
… Actors involved Guidelines Strenghts and weaknesses Model Gender impact assessment was established in Lower Saxony in 2004, in the framework of gender-mainstreaming work. As a consequence, draft cabinet … and other legal acts and regulations have to perform a gender impact assessment, as set out in the Joint Rules of …
… of Local Authorities and Regions . It supports the work on gender mainstreaming in municipalities and county councils. … 2008 and 2013, SALAR ran a large-scale programme for gender mainstreaming. Its aim was to help its members provide … a number of tools and materials to support work on gender mainstreaming. Model Definitions of gender …
… of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States Gender segregation is a deeply entrenched feature of … across the EU. It refers to the concentration of one gender in certain fields of education or occupations … certain jobs while also perpetuating unequal gender power relations in the public and private spheres. Following the …
… The Gender Equality Index is a comprehensive measure for monitoring progress in gender equality across the EU over time. It measures gender gaps and takes into account the context and different …
… Improving gender equality has many positive impacts on individuals and also on society at large. A more gender‑equal EU would have strong, positive GDP impacts … in the EU. A study from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) on the ‘economic benefits of gender …
… If the EU stepped up its efforts to improve gender equality, more jobs would be created, GDP per capita … main results of a new study by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), launched on the occasion of … numbers talk: equality is a driver for economic growth. Gender equality will bring more growth to Europe”, said Vera …
… and exclusion of such people from society. Due to existing gender inequalities in public and private life, women are … is part of EIGE’s mandate to monitor EU progress towards gender equality, specifically in relation to the objectives …